Carcass damage.

[Sol]

Safe to say we werent able to salvage much from the front half of this, anyone want to guess what calibre? Its a roe buck.

Spoiler: .

222, It hut the upper shank/shoulder on entry and pretty much exploded shrapnel into this exit shoulder....

Deer looked perfect on the outside besides the obvious one busted shoulder, no wonder game dealers reject a lot of carcasses.

 

[the scudd]

243

 

[Mike1979]

.338

.243 would be a good bet on a more serious note

 

[Dave_45]

I’ve looked but as an honesty shout I said 243

A friend of mine recently took a job at HG and was shown around the carcasses with the jackets off

He said the standard was shocking

 

[sauer]

See that with .22-250 .243 .25-06. And others

Shoot animal with a bullet.... guess what?
Hits bone going In can make a mess
Animal not perfectly broadside etc
Bullet type
Distance shot at
Lot of variables

I will say seen a few things myself would suggest that many stalkers could ( should) up their game on lardering & gralloching


Paul

 

[Ranger22]

223

 

[Freeforester]

See that with .22-250 .243 .25-06. And others

Shoot animal with a bullet.... guess what?
Hits bone going In can make a mess
Animal not perfectly broadside etc
Bullet type
Distance shot at
Lot of variables

I will say seen a few things myself would suggest that many stalkers could ( should) up their game on lardering & gralloching


Paul

This^^^^


Looks like a .22-250 job. Plenty hydraulic jellification going on there, not much good.

As a semi professional and processing the meat from mine for the last twenty years, I’m not sure why the hate on .243; with a 100 or 95grn bullet of decent design and plodding along not above 2780fps I’ve managed to avoid most such carnage myself, though others clearly haven’t (- I’ve a whole library of horror pics like that, and it doesn’t have to end that way). But you’re right, it doesn’t look like it would be worth £3/kilo in my opinion..

Aim small.

 

[Mike1979]

This^^^^


Looks like a .22-250 job. Plenty hydraulic jellification going on there, not much good.

As a semi professional and processing the meat from mine for the last twenty years, I’m not sure why the hate on .243; with a 100 or 95grn bullet of decent design and plodding along not above 2780fps I’ve managed to avoid most such carnage myself, though others clearly haven’t (- I’ve a whole library of horror pics like that, and it doesn’t have to end that way). But you’re right, it doesn’t look like it would be worth £3/kilo in my opinion..

Aim small.

Agreed, decent bullet placement is the key. I shot 2 fallow recently, 1 for the freezer and 1 for the game dealer. 6.5 creed but the one for the game dealer had more damage then I wanted so kept both for myself and lost a bit of the front 1/4.

Appreciate why some dealers will only take head or neck shot animals.

 

[Turkish]

Slow and heavy. That has always worked for me.
140 grain in 6.5 swede, 2700fps works fine.
too light a bullet, in a bigger calibre, ( 150 grain , 30-06 @2800) and you get the jelly mush again.

Speed kills, but it also ruins meat.

 

[Freeforester]

Agreed, decent bullet placement is the key. I shot 2 fallow recently, 1 for the freezer and 1 for the game dealer. 6.5 creed but the one for the game dealer had more damage then I wanted so kept both for myself and lost a bit of the front 1/4.

Appreciate why some dealers will only take head or neck shot animals.

I think everyone who shoots but shouts about dealers prices would need to try the apron and knife for their own first hundred or so.

 

[Freeforester]

Slow and heavy. That has always worked for me.
140 grain in 6.5 swede, 2700fps works fine.
too light a bullet, in a bigger calibre, ( 150 grain , 30-06 @2800) and you get the jelly mush again.

Speed kills, but it also ruins meat.

Agreed, I learned this from a game dealer/hunter back in 1985, and have practised same ever since.

 

[Mike1979]

I think everyone who shoots but shouts about dealers prices would need to try the apron and knife for their own first hundred or so.

Agreed...maybe not on the first 100 or so (especially with my butchery skills)